Display Stakes

Display Stakes

Listed stakes race
Location	Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario
Inaugurated	1956
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.woodbineentertainment.com/qct/default.asp
Race information
Distance	1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface	Synthetic "all weather" dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	Allowances
Purse	C$125,000
Bonuses	$25,000 Ontario-breds

The Display Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contested on a synthetic "all weather" surface over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs), it is open to two-year-old horses. Raced during the latter part of November or early December, the ungraded stakes race offers a purse of C$125,000.

Inaugurated in 1956 at Toronto's Old Woodbine Race Course as a sprint race, it was named for American Walter J. Salmon's colt Display, winner of the 1926 Preakness Stakes and who frequently raced in Canada where he won a number of important races.

The Display stakes was run in two divisions in 1959. There was no race in 1993. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

• 6 furlongs : 1956 at Old Woodbine Race Course
• 7 furlongs : 1957-1958 at Old Woodbine Race Course
• 8 furlongs (1 mile) : 1959-1960 Old Woodbine Race Course, 1977-1992 at Greenwood Raceway
• 8.5 furlongs (1+1⁄16 miles) : 1969-1976 at Greenwood Raceway, 1994 to present at Woodbine Racetrack
• 9 furlongs (1+1⁄8 miles) : 1961-1963 at Old Woodbine Race Course
• 9.5 durlongs: 1964-1968 at Greenwood Raceway

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)

• 1:43.04 - Gigawatt (2002)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Stafford Farms (1962, 1967, 1972, 1978)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Patrick Husbands (1999, 2002, 2005, 2010)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Gil Rowntree (1967, 1972, 1978, 1983)

Winners of the Display Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2016	King and His Court	Gary Boulanger	Mark Casse	Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber	1:45.10
2015	Don't Be So Salty	Emma-Jayne Wilson	Gary C. Contessa	Platinum Seven/Guarino/Boutelle	1:43.60
2014	Glenville Gardens	Luis Contreras	Josie Carroll	Melnyk Racing Stables	1:45.45
2013	Josie Sea View	Emma-Jayne Wilson	Reade Baker	Brereton C. Jones	1:44.39
2012	Avie's Quality	Luis Contreras	Josie Carroll	Ivan Dalos	1:43.25
2011	Maritimer	Luis Contreras	Sid C. Attard	Norseman Racing Stable	1:43.58
2010	Tiz Blessed	Patrick Husbands	Chad Brown	G&M West	1:44.23
2009	Bear's Hard Ten	Eurico Rosa da Silva	Reade Baker	Bear Stables	1:44.39
2008	Patena	Robert Landry	Josie Carroll	J. & G. Sikura/D. Dilall	1:44.72
2007	Discreet Commander	Constant Montpellier	Arthur Silvera	David Rowbotham et al.	1:45.20
2006	Jiggs Coz	David Clark	Sid C. Attard	Jim Dandy Stable	1:45.90
2005	Seaside Retreat	Patrick Husbands	Mark E. Casse	William S. Farish, Jr.	1:43.90
2004	One Smooth Ride	Constant Montpellier	David Cotey	Dominion Bloodstock	1:47.92
2003	Judiths Wild Rush	Dino Luciani	Scott Fairlie	Tenenbaum Racing	1:43.59
2002	Gigawatt	Patrick Husbands	Mark E. Casse	Stonerside Stable	1:43.04
2001	Tails Of The Crypt	Jake Barton	John A. Ross	Jam Jar Racing Stables	1:44.62
2000	Brushing Bully	Emile Ramsammy	Tino Attard	Stronach Stables	1:44.34
1999	Precise End	Patrick Husbands	Mark E. Casse	Mockingbird Farm Inc.	1:47.30
1998	Taos	Ricky Griffith	Grant Pearce	Lynne Hindmarsh	1:47.80
1997	Promiscuous	Mickey Walls	Macdonald Benson	Augustin Stable	1:44.80
1996	Air Cool	Robin Platts	Thomas R. Bowden	Colebrook Farms	1:47.80
1995	Northernprospector	Lloyd Duffy	P. County	Rainbow Valley Farm	1:43.80
1994	One Lift	Laurie Gulas	John DiGiovanni	Derose/DiGiovanni	1:46.40
1993	no race
1992	Bold Anthony	Robert King, Jr.	K. Sheehan	Pedigree Farm	1:41.20
1991	Judge Carson	Todd Kabel	Robert P. Tiller	G. J. Meyers	1:38.00
1990	Carey The Belle	Larry Attard	T. Danks	T. P. Campbell	1:38.40
1989	Briar Bush	Larry Attard	R. Wright	P. A. Sherwood	1:37.40
1988	With Approval	James McAleney	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	1:40.20
1987	Beau Genius	Richard Dos Ramos	Gerry Belanger	J. Shiewitz/D. Davidson	1:39.60
1986	Orderofexcellence	Dan Beckon	D. Lockhurst	A. Clarkson/ P. Barr	1:39.60
1985	Ice Over	Gunnar Lindberg	Sid C. Attard	Mrs. J. Raymond	1:40.00
1984	Corncobs Royalty	Irwin Driedger	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:38.80
1983	Key to the Moon	Robin Platts	Gil Rowntree	B. K. Y. Stable	1:40.80
1982	Gone To Royalty	Yves Turcotte	Jacques Dumas	Pierre L. Levesque	1:40.00
1981	Fraud Squad	Dan Beckon	Bill Marko	Seedhouse/McPhillips	1:41.00
1980	Regal Stafford	Hugo Dittfach	C. C. Hopmans, Jr.	Est. Conn Smythe	1:40.20
1979	Decent Davey	Robin Platts	David C. Cross Jr.	David J. Foster	1:39.00
1978	Cougar Kitten	Joey Belowus	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms	1:40.60
1977	High Roller	Dan Beckon	J. Lankinen	R. A. Kennedy/J. Indig	1:39.20
1976	Lucky North Man	Jeffrey Fell	Donnie Walker	Conn Smythe	1:45.80
1975	Bay Streak	David Clark	Gordon M. Huntley	Whittaker Stable	1:46.60
1974	Silverbatim	Jeffrey Fell	Gordon M. Huntley	Mutual Enterprises	1:45.60
1973	Obverse	Lloyd Duffy	Jerry C. Meyer	D. H. L. Buntain	1:47.20
1972	Selari Spirit	Ted Colangelo	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms	1:43.60
1971	Sky High's Son	Sandy Hawley	J. Mort Hardy	Prime Acres Stable	1:46.60
1970	Chatty Cavalier	R. Armstrong	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Gardiner Farm	1:43.80
1969	Taipo	Sandy Hawley	A. Chris	E. B. George	1:45.60
1968	Jumpin Joseph	Brian Swatuk	Robert S. Bateman	Warren Beasley	2:08.60
1967	Ovation	Hugo Dittfach	Gil Rowntree	Stafford Farms	2:04.00
1966	Green Stinger	Eric Walsh	P. Goddard	W. D. Hatch	1:58.00
1965	Garden's Ace	John LeBlanc	W. VonRichthofen	Garden City Stable	2:06.00
1964	Flyalong	Clifford Potts	Duke Campbell	T. Hays / D. Weldon	2:00.60
1963	French Wind	Hugo Dittfach	J. Sanchez	Windfields Farm	1:56.60
1962	Cesca	Harlon Dalton	John Passero	Stafford Farms	1:51.20
1961	Puss'n Boots	Chris Rogers	Frank Merrill, Jr.	R. & W. Gian	1:53.00
1960	Ramblin Wreck	Al Coy	Robert S. Bateman	William R. Beasley	1:39.20
1959	Naughty Flirt	Armand Viola	Edward Mann	Gardiner & Bell	1:39.20
1959	Hidden Treasure	C. M. Clark	John Passero	William R. Beasley	1:37.60
1958	Bull Vic	Al Coy	Yonnie Starr	Maloney & Smythe	1:25.80
1957	Drummond	Al Coy	Morris Fishman	H. Clifford Hatch	1:25.40
1956	Flying Atom	Alex Wick	C. W. Lawson	C. W. Lawson	1:12.00

References

• The Display Stakes at Pedigree Query